We'll just keep cranking out the best damn tacos you're ever going to put in your mouth. So we completely understand if, after all of that, you're a little confused. It makes sense-we serve amazing Tacos, some of the best Tequila you can get your hands on and a wide variety of quality Whiskey. Plus, add queso and guac for free on any entrée Eat QDOBA today. For our sign we just wanted people to know what they were going to get - "Tacos, Tequila & Whiskey." Pretty basic, huh? It has kind of stuck and has become our de facto name. QDOBA Mexican Eats is a Mexican restaurant and caterer offering customizable flavorful food. We wanted people to find us, but we were not allowed to put the word "Pinche" anywhere near the restaurant. Of course, the name was a sticking point once again. With a brick and mortar you wouldn't have to wait, wouldn't have to stand, and you could get a delicious adult beverage to boot! As it turns out, you may still have to wait a little (not the entire winter), and you may have to stand a little (yes we do get busy), but now you can get the best damn tacos pretty much any time you want (with a solid cocktail to match)! Winter was a taco wasteland and people were chomping at the bit to get first crack at the trailer when it opened. Originally, we figured that people shouldn't have to wait for the trailer to get a great taco. But it started a long line of city protests about the name that would follow us to our first brick & mortar location. It's a great name-irreverent, slightly offensive, a little dirty-kind of "Pinche Lite." Well, we discovered pretty quickly that we didn't want to be in the cart business-it never went to the mall and made a select few appearances at Civic Center Eats before we canned the idea altogether. After a brutal Facebook contest to find a new name ( read about the pinche naming contest here HERE), we ended up as Tacos Borrachos. Once the authorities caught wind of our name it was a "no-go" unless we could name the cart something else. We wanted to bring our delicious tacos to more people, so we bought a food cart to put on the Sixteenth Street Mall. We had no idea the uproar it might cause and it didn't really matter.until we tried to offer our diners a little more. Don't know what it means yet? You can check out a quick primer on the various connotations of pinche in Patricia Calhoun's great article here. Mission accomplished - soon we had lines of people waiting to try these tacos but, of course, not everyone was as excited about the name as they were about the tacos. Explore reviews, menus and photos find and book the perfect place for lunch, dinner or any occasion. Why Pinche? Well, these weren't the crunchy, ground-beef tacos you might have had growing up and we wanted to make damned sure you knew it. Let OpenTable use your current location to find great Mexican restaurants nearby. Pinche Tacos opened as a food truck with a vision to serve the best damn tacos you've ever seen coming out of a moving vehicle.
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